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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cornea. 2018 Jun;37(6):802–809. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000001579

Table 4.

Refractive and Keratometric changes 12 to 24 months after accelerated cross-linking protocols in patients younger than 18 years old.

Authors Number of eyes Age group (years) Follow up time (months) Protocol used Change in DCVA (Snellen lines) Change in KMax (D) Change in Steep K (D) Change in Average K (D) Complications (number of eyes)
Shetty et al 201474 30 11 - 14 24 9 mW/cm2 for 10 min 1 N/A -2.07 N/A Transient haze (most)
Ozgurhan et al 201472 44 9 - 18 24 30 mW/cm2 for 4 min 1 N/A -0.5 -0.4 None
Badawi, 201773 33 8 - 15 12 10 mW/cm2 for 9 min 2 -1.2 -1.1 N/A Transient haze (most)

DCVA: Distance Corrected Visual Acuity, KMax: Steepest Keratometry; KSteep: Steepest Simulated Keratometry; Average K: Average Keratometry